General Discussion

JCMach1

(29,224 posts)

110. How soon we forget Edwards and other Dem 'womanizers'

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 12:17 PM

Monday

Over the years.

We seem to have a blind spot to this with our candidates as long as they are 'charismatic'.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

1 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

csusan

146 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Eric Swalwell and the Death of Accountability [View all] Celerity Monday OP

KNR niyad Monday #1

Tribes protect valuable members. OC375 Monday #2

It's California Bettie Monday #4

Agreed. OC375 Monday #5

Which makes the question posed in the article even more compelling. yardwork Monday #12

If this was known Bettie Monday #3

Yes. "Open Secret?" I certainly had not heard the rumblings but perhaps within the beltway... hlthe2b Monday #6

"So, yeah. It appears the pump was fully primed on Friday within the circles who fully "knew" but amazing to me, did not WhiskeyGrinder Monday #8

I Believe The Term Refers To Those Working With Or For Swalwell, Not "Us". ColoringFool Monday #78

My daughter is a CA Dem delegate and a caucus chair, and she had never heard those rumors. deurbano Monday #93

I concur. In this world there are "upstanders" snd Ninga Monday #104

I have never come across any decent humans who are cheaters jfz9580m Monday #124

Same here.... I guess 'open secret' meant within the House of Reps ONLY--- Jack Valentino Monday #145

Exactly WSHazel Monday #7

One of the reasons I didn't quite believe it at first Bettie Monday #9

Madoff is the epitome of this behavior WSHazel Monday #59

Broken stair analogy, plus organizations like to hold on to high performers, even when they're terrible people. WhiskeyGrinder Monday #10

And the biggest missing stair in our politics happens to be President! (n/t) thesquanderer Monday #94

Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a son with the family's housekeeper, kept the child a secret while he was sop Monday #11

The sad fact is that a lot of men get away with it. yardwork Monday #16

Thank you jfz9580m Monday #27

Just to be clear, a lot of the "wait and see" was about not SEEING all the facts yet RandomNumbers Monday #28

Wait and see is one thing. yardwork Monday #31

Yes, I agree with you on that point. RandomNumbers Monday #35

It has helped me make a final decision jfz9580m Monday #77

"Immediately blaming every woman in sight is something else." MorbidButterflyTat Monday #123

Nope. I'm not calling out any DUer. yardwork Monday #128

There was someone here yesterday asking what was expected if a drunk woman goes to a man's hotel room EdmondDantes_ Monday #45

Should be asking, why would a responsible man RandomNumbers Monday #67

More than one poster suggested that the bank accounts of the victims needed to be investigated MichMan Monday #68

The question was MorbidButterflyTat Monday #125

That's not the post I was referring to EdmondDantes_ Monday #129

I have seen post, that in my opinion suggest voting for him Lifeafter70 Monday #60

That's what stood out to me jfz9580m Monday #82

It is VERY sad that a Democrat who has been so effective against Trump, Jack Valentino Monday #146

Based on Arnold, obviously he had a good reason to think so. LisaL Monday #62

I had no idea this was an open secret. Disgusting. Passages Monday #13

People thought the party was taking crazy pills Sympthsical Monday #14

I imagine the Republicans were hoping he'd be the nominee. yardwork Monday #17

I still haven't heard a credible explanation from "The timing is suspicious!" crowd Sympthsical Monday #19

There was a spontaneous eruption of that phrase on DU. yardwork Monday #20

Hasn't hurt many of the GOP members samplegirl Monday #15

The death of accountability is a good headline. yardwork Monday #18

The difference between virtue signalling and actual virtue on full display Sympthsical Monday #21

And every other woman in sight was blamed, too. yardwork Monday #23

I think Katie Porter will actually be hurt by this Scrivener7 Monday #25

Absolutely. She's getting the Hillary Clinton Kamala Harris treatment. yardwork Monday #37

There's another element here. She's running against a man people liked a lot who turned out to be a dog. Scrivener7 Monday #44

On the other hand - I suspect many Democratic voters will now see her as more of a sure bet peppertree Monday #54

As a former CA member of the House, she was in karynnj Monday #92

Probably true. Scrivener7 Monday #102

OMG, nobody said anything like that on here. MorbidButterflyTat Monday #135

She clearly is being hit on this karynnj Monday #90

Tribal reaction. Dems are not immune from it. paleotn Monday #49

Exactly! This is not a game, folks. paleotn Monday #43

there's been nothing but accountability from the party and Dem supporters, including Swalwell's bigtree Monday #143

nothing in that article backed up the claim that 'His sexual misconduct was an open secret' bigtree Monday #22

It was very much an open secret Sympthsical Monday #24

That's sad. I wonder if this was known more than locally? Many will blow it off as "just gossip" LeftInTX Monday #32

Unfortunately, it seems to be considered 'acceptable' for men to behave like that RandomNumbers Monday #33

For years. Incredible, one would imagine he was the only politician they could back. Passages Monday #36

Why encourage him to run for governor? MorbidButterflyTat Monday #132

"Everybody just turned a blind eye and went about their lives for years?" Sympthsical Monday #137

Kevin MCarthy on CNN question everything Monday #52

not one of the sources I'd trust for anything bigtree Monday #85

Whatever else is true about how "known" Swalwell's behavior was, My Kevin is not a reliable reporter. deurbano Monday #99

Kevin MCarthy??? MorbidButterflyTat Monday #131

I noticed the word "misconduct" people knew of his "misconduct" and chose to ignore it. But "misconduct" has now Ninga Monday #66

Stop blaming Nancy Pelosi. yardwork Monday #79

Excuse me. There are "upstanders" and "bystanders" Ninga Monday #107

Exactly. No matter their last name or gender. N/T AloeVera Monday #120

"Inappropriate" behaviour by a person in power is grooming. AloeVera Monday #119

Here is a possible explanation karynnj Monday #96

it's not clear anyone knew except the people claiming it was well known bigtree Monday #121

Just because you didn't know... Random Boomer Monday #100

internet gossip bigtree Monday #122

There is this tweet from Dec 2025 LeftInTX Monday #26

great reply Celerity Monday #29

what did he do with that information bigtree Monday #41

The answer is right in the article. Nanjeanne Monday #47

more background as well Celerity Monday #57

He's an interesting read. Did you see this one? Sympthsical Monday #69

I figured as much. Unless Becerra finds rocket fuel and blows up out of his months-long 2 to 5 per cent level, it looks, Celerity Monday #88

I see the problem with Becerra Sympthsical Monday #97

"...what did both of these men do other than this political chit-chat on social media?" WhiskeyGrinder Monday #48

that's still just conjecture bigtree Monday #86

Because the victims had to come forward Sympthsical Monday #51

That's how it was with Tony Gonzales. LeftInTX Monday #70

Yep. Just like Weinstein and Ronan Farrow Sympthsical Monday #81

The comments made by some poster here Lifeafter70 Monday #72

Humans gonna human Sympthsical Monday #84

Threat of lawsuit? RoseTrellis Monday #65

Wow. Passages Monday #42

The Democratic Party doesn't allow this kind of behavor. Escape Monday #30

True. Shades of Gary Hart. peppertree Monday #46

Wait-a-sec mr715 Monday #111

Sure. peppertree Monday #113

I'll have to check out Ms. Kelley's book. mr715 Monday #114

That could have something to do with it peppertree Monday #116

Thanks for the insight mr715 Monday #133

You're very welcome peppertree Monday #140

Well, The Democratic Party Apparently Does So "Allow," Until...., ColoringFool Monday #80

True - but at least they have limits peppertree Monday #105

Sent me to the all knowing internet to find out who Rielle Hunter is... Escape Monday #136

Nobody wants to be the messenger. milestogo Monday #34

That's true... LeftInTX Monday #38

The Gary Hart of our times peppertree Monday #39

My exact thought this morning. paleotn Monday #50

Gary Hart may have been a reckless philanderer, but Jose Garcia Monday #56

There's still issues of consent going after a parade of young women EdmondDantes_ Monday #95

I believe the House introduced a resolution in 2018 prohibiting any sexual contact between a member and staff MichMan Monday #103

Luckily for Lady G, it didn't apply to the Senate peppertree Monday #106

"Accountability" only applies to Democrats. valleyrogue Monday #40

Sad - but true. And you see that in many other democracies. peppertree Monday #108

Gandhi??? LeftInTX Monday #126

So Gandhi was quite the dandy. peppertree Monday #141

Scene from the 1933 movie 42nd Street LeftInTX Monday #144

If party leadership knew about this & didn't discourage him from running for gov, then they're complicit, too. CrispyQ Monday #53

That's the part that got me Tree Lady Monday #74

The weird thing is jfz9580m Monday #55

He is resigning. Accountability is taking place. Martin68 Monday #58

Philandering is one thing but Billsdaughter Monday #61

"Was an open secret for a long time" sunnybrook Monday #63

The open secret appears to have been that he was sleeping around while married. LisaL Monday #64

If higher ups in the party knew, they shouldn't have encouraged him to run for governor. LeftInTX Monday #76

I agree. LisaL Monday #83

I'd like to see those sources too MorbidButterflyTat Monday #130

I think a lot of people just liked that Swalwell that was an attack dog against Trump and didn't care about much else MichMan Monday #71

Too many people repeat everything Trump says and seem to believe it as well Just_Vote_Dem Monday #75

that's not evident in anything bigtree Monday #87

This message was self-deleted by its author MichMan Monday #98

"The rumors that are being discussed as being generally known are of consensual relationships, not sexual assault or WhiskeyGrinder Monday #101

I never understood the Avenatti stanning. He always seemed like a plonker to me. I certianly never got invested in the Celerity Monday #91

DURec leftstreet Monday #73

I'm not a fan of situational ethics. democrank Monday #89

Yes. And a horror I have heard applauded jfz9580m Monday #112

How soon we forget Edwards and other Dem 'womanizers' JCMach1 Monday #109

How soon we forget Edwards and other Dem 'womanizers' JCMach1 Monday #110

I mean like, what 50 year old man sends dick pics to his girlfriends? Jersey Devil Monday #115

This is another dispiriting revelation peggysue2 Monday #117

Power does strange things to some people MustLoveBeagles Monday #139

I have counter evidence for the last sentence. My daughter endorsed Swalwell before hearing any rumors, then "quickly deurbano Monday #118

Obviously most of us (in general public) LisaL Monday #127

I certainly did not, even thoI fancy myself to be rather well informed. 3catwoman3 Monday #134

With all due respect Sympthsical Monday #138

As The "Old Folks" Say..........🎶........ ColoringFool Monday #142